PR Week (UK) articles from August 2004

PR Week (UK) archives from August 2004

Shawe quits top Sainsbury's job.(J Sainsbury PLC)(Jan Shawe)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Embattled retailer Sainsbury's has called in headhunters as it bids to replace director of corporate relations Jan Shawe, who quit last week. As reported last Thursday on PRWeek.com, Shawe is to stay on until November to help CEO Justin...

PeopleSoft rekindles UK search for comms support.(PeopleSoft Inc.,)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... PeopleSoft, the world's second-largest maker of business software, has re-ignited the UK PR agency pitch that it began last autumn. PeopleSoft began a review of its six-figure PR account last year (PRWeek, 20 November 2003) but delayed the...

Bevington takes reins of FA comms function.(Football Association)(Adrian Bevington)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Football Association head of media relations Adrian Bevington has taken interim charge of the organisation's PR following its shambolic attempt to cover up an affair between former CEO Mark Palios and secretary Faria Alam. Comms director...

Schering-Plough in UK PR revamp.(Schering-Plough Corp.,)(public relations)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... US pharma giant Schering-Plough has appointed Alan Kane to its first executive-level corporate affairs role for the UK and Ireland. Kane, formerly senior corporate and external affairs manager, took up the role - whose title is still being...

Generic drugs body appoints CDR to boost profile.(Citigate Dewe Rogerson ltd.,)(British Generic Manufacturers Association)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The British Generic Manufacturers Association, the trade body for makers of more than half the drugs used by the NHS, has drafted in fresh PR agency backing as it seeks to bolster its profile among patients, journalists and politicians. ...

Wagland quits Clifford Chance in comms cuts.(Jeff Wagland)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Clifford Chance head of PR Jeff Wagland has quit following the global law giant's decision to downgrade his job in a bid to cut back on comms costs. Clifford Chance head of global PR Anne Groves confirmed that Wagland had handed in his...

M&F wins pitch for Kellogg's project.(Munro & Forster Communications)(Kellogg Co.,)(National Breakfast Week celebration)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Munro & Forster has won the three-way agency shootout to land the PR contract to handle Kellogg's National Breakfast Week. The appointment is a blow for Hill & Knowlton, which has promoted NBW for the past ten years, and pitched for the...

Healthcare PR most robust sector, says ICCO poll.(public relations)(International Communications Consultancy Organisation)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Drug companies have fuelled the growth in the healthcare PR market during the past year, helping it to expand faster than any other PR sector, according to the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO). The findings from...

Harrison Cowley moots NW buy.(North-West)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Harrison Cowley is on the agency acquisition trail and has put out feelers in the North-West. Senior HC staff have held discussions with agencies, including Manchester-based Spin Media. CEO Paul Kelly would only say 'acquisition growth...

Capital Radio CSR job out to tender.(Child Support Report)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Capital Radio is set to hire a PR agency to promote its annual 'Help a London Child' fundraising initiative. Three agencies are in the running for the account, with a decision expected by the end of the month. Help a London Child will...

Seventy Seven scoops eBay deal.(eBay Inc.,)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Fishburn Hedges' start-up consumer PR subsidiary Seventy Seven has scored its first major client win, landing the account for online auction giant eBay after a four-way pitch. The win coincides with the arrival at Seventy Seven of Matt Wood...

South African Tourism prepares UK PR pitch.(public relations)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... South African Tourism is on the hunt for a UK PR agency as it prepares to launch it a fresh brand direction that emphasises the 'emotions' characteristic of the country. SAT will launch the rebrand to trade partners and their PR agencies...

EADS Space fills govt affairs post.( EADS )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... EADS Space - the space-rocket arm of missile and weapons maker EADS - has hired Society of British Aerospace Companies government relations manager Tom Gunner to handle UK government relations. Gunner, who spent five years in government...

News Brief: Four Communications hired.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... MEDIA RELATIONS: Virgin Group's brand experience and field marketing company, Virgin d3 Field, has hired Four Communications after a non-competitive pitch. The agency is to target the marketing and trade press to raise the profile of Virgin d3,...

News Brief: McKenzie hired.(August.One Communications )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... APPOINTMENT: August.One Communications has appointed Sarah McKenzie to the role of client advocate and to head its health and beauty team. Formerly an associate director at consumer agency Brave PR, she is also responsible for winning new...

News Brief: Focus Wickes defers pitch.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... CONSUMER PR: DIY retailer Focus Wickes has deferred its PR pitch (PRWeek, 9 July) until the start of the New Year while it considers the credentials that have already been submitted. Communique Manchester will retain the account in the interim....

News Brief: Cubitt re-appointed.(Contracts)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... FINANCIAL PR: Cubitt Consulting has been re-appointed to a combined financial and corporate comms, and investor relations consultancy role with online travel firm ebookers following an eight way repitch (PRWeek, 16 July). Consultancy founder...

News Brief: Firefly hired.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... CONSUMER PR: First Choice Holidays's new online hotel service, Hotelopia, has hired Firefly Communications and becomes the first account for Firefly's consumer PR division. The account involves promoting the launch of the site to the consumer...

News Brief: McCluskey hired.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... TOURISM PR: Valencia Tourist Board has hired McCluskey International to handle UK promotional work.The agency has won a two-year contract.

News Brief: SCEE declines to appoint.( Sony Computer Entertainment Europe )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... CONSUMER PR: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has declined to appoint a PR agency for its motorsport games, after drawing up a six-strong shortlist (PRWeek, 18 June). SCEE senior product manager Colin Thomas said the company had...

S4C hires Hartley ahead of review.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Welsh-language channel S4C has poached Welsh Assembly head of corporate communications Tim Hartley as it prepares to launch a review of its comms. Hartley will become S4C director of corporate affairs in September, a role that has been...

SAP calls in Sorek to lead unified PR.(Public Relations)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... WALLDORF, GERMANY: Software giant SAP has unified its comms divisions as part of the final stage of a global PR restructure. The firm has poached International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) director of global...

Financial services firms rule as report hits MoD.(Ministry of Defence)
August 6, 2004... Prudential has topped this week's Reputation Monitor after a 15 per cent jump in UK sales and a 12 per cent increase in Asian insurance sales led CEO Jonathan Bloomer to describe the group's businesses as 'firing on all cylinders'. ...

Headworx in UK PR drive.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Australian surf and snowboard clothing and accessory brand Headworx is to launch its first PR assault on the UK market with a campaign by Cohn & Wolfe. The consumer PR strategy will initially favour style and boarding titles before moving...

Netflix readies UK comms initiative.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Netflix, the US's biggest online DVD rental company, is preparing for a PR offensive ahead of the company's UK launch later this year. Former SAB Miller director of communications Nick Chaloner has re-emerged as Netflix's first head of UK...

Agencies battle for DST contract.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Print and card producer DST International Output is staging a pitch for its first agency contract to promote its printing services and direct marketing products. Weber Shandwick North and Sinclair Mason are set to go head-to-head in a...

Blue Rubicon job for Tempest-Hay.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... PR agency Blue Rubicon has appointed Fishburn Hedges director Gordon Tempest-Hay as the agency's third director. Tempest-Hay is to join Blue Rubicon after nearly five years at FH, where his responsibilities included new business generation....

Silentnight hunts agency for furniture brand drive.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Silentnight Group has kicked off a search for a PR agency to promote furniture brands such as Stag and Parker Knoll. Five agencies have been shortlisted but have not yet pitched for the account. Incumbent agency Parker Hobart...

Electronic Arts in corporate PR push.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Videogames maker Electronic Arts is launching a corporate communications drive in a bid to boost awareness of its brand among European businesses and consumers. EA Europe comms director Tiffany Steckler, who took up the role six months...

Public Sector: W Sussex aims to lower food waste.(West Sussex County Council )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... West Sussex County Council is preparing to embark on a campaign to encourage home owners to apply for a free food-waste digester. The campaign aims to slash the volume of food waste as part of an attempt to meet government targets. The...

Public Sector: Cheshire tourist board hires boss.(Cheshire and Warrington Tourist Board )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Cheshire and Warrington Tourist Board has poached Chris Brown, director of operations at lobbying and promotional body The Mersey Partnership, to be its CEO. Brown takes over from Mike Cooksley, who was CEO and MD when the tourism...

Public Sector: Geronimo to plug AimHigher scheme in Scotland.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The Scottish Executive is thrashing out details with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) over plans to roll out a campaign to promote higher education to under-30-year-olds. The AimHigher campaign, which is promoted by Geronimo PR, could be...

Public Sector: ODPM appoints agency for local e-service push.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is set to launch a promotional push to encourage councils to get more local services, such as council tax payments, available online. Fishburn Hedges has been appointed to launch the nine-month...

Public Sector: Eastern LSCs in PR roster move.(Learning Skills Councils)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... East of England Learning Skills Councils (LSC) are on the hunt for agency support as they look to build their first PR roster. Norfolk, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Luton LSCs all have a say in which...

Public Sector: Cardiff to shake up comms with assistant CEO.(Cardiff Council )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Cardiff Council is to revamp its PR function from April next year when a new assistant chief executive will take responsibility for comms. Interim comms head Paul Newman will leave at the end of September when his contract runs out. ...

Public Sector: Govt hires Forster for alcohol misuse task.
August 6, 2004... The Government has drafted in PR agency support to promote the nationwide police crackdown on binge drinking and violent behaviour associated with it. The Home Office has signed up public sector specialist The Forster Company following a...

Public Sector: Marseilles bids to woo UK firms.(Euromediterranee)
August 6, 2004... French government-funded programme Euromediterranee is to embark on a year-long campaign to attract British businesses to the southern port of Marseilles. Trimedia Communications's UK and French offices snapped up the account after a...

Public Sector: Marketing Birmingham names CEO.(Chief executive officers)(Marketing Birmingham)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Tourism and inward investment body Marketing Birmingham has poached Neil Rami - chief executive at the Newcastle Gateshead Initiative - to fill its CEO position. Rami is to take up the role in October, stepping into the shoes of interim...

Public Sector: Cabs in US trip to promote London.
August 6, 2004... VisitLondon is to send a convoy of black cabs across America in a bid to boost the number of US visitors to the capital. From 20 September, five cabbies will visit 15 cities over two weeks. The cabbies will be selected via a...

Public Sector Brief: Road Safety hits back.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... LANCASHIRE: Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety has hit back at criticism over its PR spend. Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans spoke out in the local press about the body's PR budget for last year of pounds 260,000. But a partnership spokeswoman...

Public Sector Brief: London commuters given radios.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... CAMPAIGN: Morning commuters in London were given free mini radios at Canning Town, East Ham and Stratford stations this week to promote the launch of a community radio station for the London Borough of Newham. Thousands of radios were also...

Public Sector Brief: LGA campaign encourages pupils.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... CAMPAIGN: Pupils across the UK are being encouraged to take their local councillors to school as part of the Local Government Association's (LGA) campaign to promote Local Democracy Week from 18-24 October. A leaflet is being distributed in a...

Public Sector Brief: 'Let's Talk'.(Stevenage Borough Council )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... STEVENAGE: Stevenage Borough Council has taken the first steps of a campaign to get local people involved in planning local services, having hosted a community conference called 'Let's Talk'. MORI Research ran the one-day conference for the...

Public Sector Brief: Omobono appoints.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... APPOINTMENT: Public sector specialist PR agency Omobono has appointed Tim Blanchard as head of media relations. A former senior consultant at Communications Management, Blanchard reports to MD Ben Dansie at the eight-strong Cambridge agency and...

Public Sector Brief: Foster carers needed.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... CAMPAIGN: Lancashire County Council Social Services has further bolstered its campaign to recruit more foster carers. Potential carers can now get information and advice via a website and freephone number. The site,...

Voluntary Sector: Media Trust to probe charity PR.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The Media Trust is seeking the views of charities and voluntary organisations in a bid to gauge the sector's current and future communications needs. The Home Office's Active Community Unit has asked the organisation to research whether PR...

Voluntary Sector: Land-mine charity MAG in fresh PR onslaught.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Charity Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is to launch a PR campaign, entitled 'Put Your Foot Down', to boost awareness of the daily dangers faced by people living near minefields. The charity is asking celebrities and politicians to name 'the...

Voluntary Sector: Guide Dogs push to boost access.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Guide Dogs is poised to begin a campaign to stamp out discrimination against guide-dog owners who are refused entry to services such as banks, hotels and restaurants. The charity will launch 'Open Your Doors' during Guide Dog Week on 4-10...

Voluntary Sector: Shopping centre body to boost comms efforts.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) has set up a PR committee to boost awareness about how shopping centres can regenerate urban communities. The eight-strong committee of top industry figures, which will be headed by Linda...

Voluntary Sector: World Vision plugs 'famine' event.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Aid and development charity World Vision has embarked on a search for celebrity and corporate backing as it starts a PR campaign to promote its annual '24-hour famine' fundraiser. The Christian organisation wants to encourage children aged...

Voluntary Sector: Teddy bear picnics.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The Children's Wish Foundation has launched a bid to boost its profile, having teamed up with Brewsters restaurants. It plans to hold 'teddy bear picnics' at Brewsters outlets for sick children who have made wishes with the foundation....

Public Affairs: Day lands role at Weber Shandwick.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Weber Shandwick GJW has appointed GPC International consultant Stephen Day as an account director with a brief to focus on the property and defence industries. Day reports to joint managing director Paul Barnes and will represent clients...

Public Affairs: Herts Uni to boost community ties.(University of Hertfordshire)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The University of Hertfordshire has issued a tender for public affairs support as it seeks to bolster ties with the local community, specifically the industrial town of Hatfield. It wants to turn around negative views of the university held...

Public Affairs: FSA hires Jones to stamp out 'misleading' promos.(Financial Services Authority)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has appointed PPS associate director Nick Jones to the new post of comms manager for financial promotions as it boosts its efforts to stamp out misleading advertising. Jones reports to the head of the...

Public Affairs: BP-PA's Dawber takes up Canary Wharf adviser job.(Bell Pottinger Public Affairs)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Docklands property company Canary Wharf Group has hired Bell Pottinger Public Affairs associate director Howard Dawber in the role of special adviser. Dawber joins at the end of August and will report to chief executive George Iacobescu....

Public Affairs: APPC report flags GPC client surge.(Association of Professional Political Consultants)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... GPC International worked with 40 per cent more clients in the first half of 2004 than it did in the last six months of 2003, according to the Association of Professional Political Consultants' latest register of members' interests. ...

City & Corporate: Bankside partners split away to found Abchurch.(Abchurch Communications)(Bankside Consultants )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Bankside Consultants partners Julian Bosdet and Henry Harrison-Topham have quit the small to medium-sized IR specialist shop to set up their own firm. Abchurch Communications has taken 14 Bankside PROs and up to 30 of the firm's clients,...

City & Corporate: Metal exchange in plastics push.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The London Metal Exchange (LME) has begun a PR offensive ahead of the launch trading of its plastics futures contracts. LME has hired Consolidated Communications to handle the campaign, which is to target plastics producers, consumers and...

City & Corporate: Lastminute swaps GA for Maitland on financial PR.(Gavin Anderson )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Lastminute.com has handed its financial PR account to The Maitland Consultancy just seven months after Gavin Anderson won the business. News of Maitland's win, broken on PRWeek.com (27 July), comes in the wake of former GA chief executive...

City & Corporate: Ramsden to buy stake in Hansard.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Convicted fraudster Terry Ramsden is set to acquire a ten per cent stake in financial PR shop Hansard. Ramsden, who was jailed for ten months in 1987 and is still appealing the conviction, is investing pounds 1.5m in a pounds 10m share...

City & Corporate: College Hill partner Wagstaff leaves agency post.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Former Lloyds of London head of comms Caroline Wagstaff has resigned from College Hill. A spokesman confirmed that Wagstaff would be leaving the agency adding that her departure had been 'amicable'. Wagstaff was unavailable to comment...

City & Corporate: Abbey takeover propels Brunswick back to top.
August 6, 2004... Brunswick reclaimed top spot in Deal Watch this month, courtesy of its role advising both parties in what could be Europe's largest retail banking merger. The agency, which has been retained by Abbey National Plc since 2000, was drafted in...

City & Corporate: French PRs form trade body.(Association des Professionnels en Communication Financiere Reglementee)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... PARIS: France's top finan-cial PR firms have set up an industry body to raise their collective profile in an increasingly competitive market. Gavin Anderson & Company France, Financial Dynamics and Publicis Groupe firm Finincom are three...

City & Corporate: Gruppo Norman hires H&A for AIM.(Holloway & Associates, alternative investment market)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... MILAN: Italian property services company Gruppo Norman has brought in Holloway & Associates to handle PR surrounding the company's London listing on the alternative investment market. Holloway founder Richard Holloway is leading the PR push...

City & Corporate: Brunswick on two sides once again.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Brunswick has been the largest financial PR firm for many years and has a lucrative way of leveraging its market power by working on both sides of a deal at the same time. The Grupo Santander bid for Abbey National Plc is just the latest...

Healthcare: At a Glance - Type 1 diabetes guide.
August 6, 2004... Another NICE initiative? NICE, along with the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions, has published new guidelines on the management of adults with type 1 diabetes for the NHS in England and Wales. They aim to address the...

Healthcare: Affymetrix brings in De Facto for Europe push.(De Facto Communications)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Californian gene-chip technology firm Affymetrix has launched a fresh PR push targeting journalists including healthcare writers as it bids to raise awareness of its corporate brand across Europe. Affymetrix is using De Facto Communications...

Healthcare: Schering-Plough and MSD in pitch for Inegy.(Merck Sharp & Dohme)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Pharma giants Schering-Plough and Merck Sharp & Dohme are staging a pitch for a PR contract to promote hotly anticipated combination cholesterol pill Inegy. The drug, a combination of the former's Zetia and the latter's Zocor, is set to...

Healthcare: B-M's Bell joins Chandler Chicco.(Burson-Marsteller)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Healthcare specialist Chandler Chicco Agency has drafted in a former member of Burson-Marsteller's healthcare team to head its work for Allergan in Europe. Heather Bell has joined as a senior consultant from a manager role at B-M, which...

Healthcare: Porter Novelli hires ex-Novartis PR boss Baird.(public relations)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... NEW YORK: Porter Novelli has appointed a former PR boss at pharma giant Novartis to lead its New York healthcare team. Greg Baird has joined Omnicom-owned PN as a partner and takes charge of around 60 staff. He replaces Kate Cronin who quit...

Healthcare: Tuberculosis test readied for push.(Oxford Immunotec, clinical diagnostics firm )(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The first new diagnostic test for tuberculosis in more than a century will be launched to the press within the next fortnight. Oxford Immunotec, a clinical diagnostics firm that commercialises technology developed at the city's university,...

Healthcare: CPR The Remedy scoops Takeda Euro med ed job.(CPR Worldwide's medical education offshoot agency The Remedy)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Japanese pharma giant Takeda has appointed CPR Worldwide's medical education offshoot agency The Remedy to promote its presence at European medical events throughout 2005 and 2006. CPR The Remedy, which will handle a programme promoting...

Healthcare: Ex-Sanofi PRO moves to DeVries.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... NEW YORK: Former Sanofi-Synthelabo vice-president of comms Dr Paul Oestreicher has re-emerged at the helm of DeVries Public Relations's healthcare practice. Oestreicher, a healthcare PR veteran, has joined the Interpublic Group agency in...

Healthcare: Awareness Campaign Close-up - National Nits Day targets adults.
August 6, 2004... Organisation: Tree of Life/Chinese Whispers Campaign: National Nits Day PR team: Chocolate Communications alongside Tree of Life in-house marketing department Date: 1 September Budget: pounds 8,000 plus costs The campaign is...

Media Relations: 2 Minutes with... Roger Payne Editor, Max Power.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 6, 2004... Why has Emap redesigned Max Power? The 15 to 24-year-old market is moving and changing really quickly and we hadn't taken a good look at the magazine for about two years, which is a lifetime for this market. How has the title changed?...

Media Relations: Xcarb targets Atkins market with PR drive.(Multiple Foods)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... A media relations campaign has kicked off to promote the upcoming launch of Xcarb, a range of low carbohydrate products designed to address Atkins-related health concerns about low-carb diets. The consumer campaign by Tangerine PR precedes...

Media Relations: What the Papers say - Video games hit by tabloid storm.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Another week, another witch hunt. Into the media spotlight moved violent video games, hailed by the Daily Mail as the root of all evil. Its 'Murder by PlayStation' story (29 July) recounted the killing of Stefan Pakeerah by a Manhunt...

Media Relations: Macromedia PR plan targets govt.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Software developer Macromedia is to highlight the need for the Government to provide accessible and effective online services in a media push to launch its Macromedia Government business in the UK. The campaign, run by Lewis PR division...

Media Relations: David Bitton aims for celebrity push.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... US fashion brand David Bitton is to recruit celebrities to support a media relations drive to launch the 20-year-old label in the UK. Celebrity endorsement of the brand - which is a competitor of brands such as Diesel and Miss Sixty - has...

Media Relations: BMC Software to highlight growth.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... US-based firm BMC Software is to embark on a UK media relations campaign to promote its increased capabilities in the SME and public sectors following two recent acquisitions. The campaign will promote BMC as a thought leader in the market...

Media Relations: Days To Amaze embarks on its first comms foray.(Online experience gifting company)(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... Online experience gifting company Days To Amaze has launched its first media assault as it bids to challenge established brands such as Red Letter Days. The 18-month-old online company has appointed its first PR agency, The Drum...

Media Relations: Day Chocolate in youth campaign.(Brief Article)
August 6, 2004... The Day Chocolate Company is to target the education press in a bid to get fair-trade themes discussed in classrooms through a 'Chocolate Rappas' competition. The PR campaign for DCC's youth brand Dubble will see hip-hop artist Gemma Fox...

Media Relations: Contact Book Update.(BBC Good Homes)(Derwent Howard Publishing )
August 6, 2004... PRESS Gillian Carson, editor of Future Publishing's creative and design magazine Computer Arts, has been promoted to senior editor and takes responsibility for spin-off Computer Arts Projects. Hachette Filipacchi women's magazine Elle...

Media Analysis: Web mags win audience diversity.(Webactive)
August 6, 2004... As monthly internet magazine Webactive reveals its revamped format, Sarah Robertson investigates how PROs can successfully target the most significant titles in the consumer internet magazine market. Leading monthly internet magazine...